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Computer, Communications, Robotics, Science, and Technology
Explore the robotics, computers, and communication systems that enhance our lives.
Activities provide an exciting, hands-on way for students to explore the STEM concepts behind robotics and computing through talking to a virtual museum guide, navigating an interactive sandscape, programming a robot using wooden blocks, and sending a Mars rover on a mission.
| Format | Exhibit |
| Grades | Pre-K – 12 |
| Location | Blue Wing, Level 1 — Museum of Science, Boston |
| Website | Enter the InterFaces Virtual Exhibit |
| Documents | CCP Software List.pdf |
| Related Links | Carnegie Mellon University's NanoRobotics Lab Exponent's MARCbot: A Military Robot iRobot Create: Programmable Robot Magic of Magnetism Personal Exploration Rover: Simulating a Mars Mission PicoCricket: Electronic Invention Kit Scratch: Programming Animations, Games and Music Tern: Tangible Programming Tinker: A Virtual Museum Guide |
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Primary Connections:
MA Science and Technology/Engineering Framework (2006)
(Massachusetts)
- Inquiry and Experimentation > Skills of Inquiry (Grade: 3 – 5)
- Inquiry and Experimentation > Skills of Inquiry (Grade: 6 – 8)
- Technology/Engineering > Communication Technologies (Grade: 6 – 8)
- Technology/Engineering > Manufacturing Technologies (Grade: 6 – 8)
- Technology/Engineering > Manufacturing Technologies (Grade: 9 – 10)
- Technology/Engineering > Communication Technologies (Grade: 9 – 10)
Secondary Connections:
MA Science and Technology/Engineering Framework (2006)
(Massachusetts)
- Technology/Engineering > Engineering Design (Grade: 9 – 10)
- Technology/Engineering > Manufacturing Technologies (Grade: 9 – 10)
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Primary Connections:
MA Science and Technology/Engineering Framework (2006)
(Massachusetts)
- Inquiry and Experimentation > Skills of Inquiry (Grade: 3 – 5)
Select and use appropriate tools and technology (e.g., calculators, computers, balances, scales, meter sticks, graduated cylinders) in order to extend observations. - Inquiry and Experimentation > Skills of Inquiry (Grade: 6 – 8)
Select appropriate tools and technology (e.g., calculators, computers, thermometers, meter sticks, balances, graduated cylinders, and microscopes), and make quantitative observations. - Technology/Engineering > 3.2 Communication Technologies (Grade: 6 – 8)
Identify and explain the appropriate tools, machines, and electronic devices (e.g., drawing tools, computer-aided design, and cameras) used to produce and/or reproduce design solutions (e.g., engineering drawings, prototypes, and reports). - Technology/Engineering > 4.2 Manufacturing Technologies (Grade: 6 – 8)
Explain and give examples of the impacts of interchangeable parts, components of mass-produced products, and the use of automation, e.g., robotics. - Technology/Engineering > 7.3 Manufacturing Technologies (Grade: 9 – 10)
Explain the process and the programming of robotic action utilizing three axes. - Technology/Engineering > 6.1 Communication Technologies (Grade: 9 – 10)
Identify and explain the applications of light in communications, e.g., reflection, refraction, additive, and subtractive color theory.
Secondary Connections:
MA Science and Technology/Engineering Framework (2006)
(Massachusetts)
- Technology/Engineering > 1.3 Engineering Design (Grade: 9 – 10)
Demonstrate the use of drafting techniques with paper and pencil or computer-aided design (CAD) systems when available. - Technology/Engineering > 7.2 Manufacturing Technologies (Grade: 9 – 10)
Differentiate the selection of tools and procedures used in the safe production of products in the manufacturing process, e.g., hand tools, power tools, computer-aided manufacturing, three-dimensional modeling.
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